Talking turkey

It always sneaks up, but this time it’s come so stealthily we’re double-checking the calendar and each other.

Less than a week seems to be the consensus.

Who stole the first half of November? Didn’t we just get past the World Series?

When the holidays arrive, there’s no seventh-inning stretch in sight. By the time it’s Thursday, we’ll be used to the idea. Or we’ll be stuffed to the gills; one or the other, at least.

Well, time to get the giant Butterball bird or whatever it is we buy. Time to hit the grocery store in the annual scavenger hunts for fresh thyme, jarred pine nuts, full-fat sour cream, throwaway roasting pans and — avert your eyes — frozen pie dough. Yes, two, three or four folded doughs piled into the cart; you’ll never know the difference.

With Thanksgiving falling on the fourth Thursday of the month, it’s coming as early as it possibly can this year. The good news is, we get a little more time between it and the big holidays that are next out of the oven. That, and a second slice of dessert, will buy us the time we need, in good humor. That’s what we’re saying now!

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